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A
The
first
policy
issue
that
we
wanted
to
share
an
update
with
you
on
is
actually
one
that
is
brand
new,
something
that
Council
took
action
on
just
last
Monday
night,
but
really
is
something
that
I
think
most
of
you
will
find
familiar,
and
that
is
a
change
to
our
parking
standards
here
in
Burlington.
So
for
a
quick
background
for
those
of
you
who
are
not
on
the
boards.
A
Two
years
ago,
in
2020,
the
city
council
adopted
a
zoning
ordinance
change
that
removed
the
minimum
on-site
parking
requirements
in
essentially
our
downtown
and
in
other
kind
of
high
density.
Mixed
use,
areas
of
Burlington
are
zone
for
high
dense
mixed
use,
development
in
Burlington
and
with
that
first
implemented,
TDM
Transportation
demand
management
standards
as
part
of
our
zoning
requirements
here
in
Burlington.
So
I
would
imagine
those
of
you
that
are
on
the
drb
have
gained
some
familiarity
with
these
new
policies.
A
At
this
time,
we
worked
with
Scott
to
go
through
some
of
the
larger
projects
that
you
all
had
seen
come
through
the
permitting
process
here
in
Burlington
to
just
understand
what
the
effect
of
that
change
really
meant
for
housing
developments,
in
particular
in
our
downtown.
So
these
are
six
projects
that
had
received
permits
or
amended
permits,
since
that
zoning
change
was
adopted
in
late
2020
and
really
focusing
on
the
bottom
half
of
this
graph
at
the
projects
that
are
in
the
light
blue.
A
These
are
three
new
residential
projects
in
downtown
Burlington,
all
that
are
fewer
than
50
units,
and
you
can
really
see
that
the
effect
of
switching
from
minimums
to
maximums
has
had
the
greatest
impact
for
these
projects.
We've
seen
these
projects
come
in
anywhere
from
25
to
70
percent
fewer
parking
spaces
than
what
the
ordinance
would
have
previously
required
them
to
achieve,
but
again,
as
part
of
that
required
to
provide
new
Transportation
demand
management
benefits
to
the
occupants
of
those
buildings.
A
The
projects
that
you
see
on
the
top
half
of
the
screen
have
had
less
of
an
effect.
We
would
say
in
terms
of
the
policy
change
in
part
due
to
their
location
in
the
city.
Two
of
the
three
on
the
top
half
of
the
screen
are
further
from
downtown
their
senior
housing
project
out
on
Riverside
Avenue
and
the
Cambrian
rise
project,
and
one
of
them
was
already
subject
to
parking
agreements
as
part
of
its
permit
process.
A
So
really,
we've
been
looking
at
these
newer,
smaller
projects
in
the
downtown
to
kind
of
measure
what
the
impact
has
been
of
this
policy
change,
and
we've
just
had
a
couple
years
of
implementation
of
that
piece
of
the
policy
when,
in
late
2021,
the
city
council
introduced
an
extension
of
this
policy
really
to
take
that
translation
of
minimum
parking
requirements
to
maximum
parking
limits
and
TDM
requirements
Citywide
essentially.
So
that
is
the
policy.
A
In
short,
that
was
just
adopted
by
the
city
council
on
Monday
night
and
we'll
be
going
into
effect
here
shortly,
while
it
was
the
original
intent
of
the
counselor
that
introduced
this
policy
to
essentially
keep
everything
else
about
this
policy.
The
same
as
you
can
imagine
over
the
year
plus
of
discussion
about
changing
this
part
of
our
zoning
ordinance.
There
were
a
number
of
other
parts
of
the
ordinance
that
ended
up
being
modified
as
well,
so
I'll
just
quickly
run
through
the
sort
of
three
major
things
that
this
amendment
does.
A
While
it
introduces
a
new
table
of
parking
maximums,
it
really
maintains
our
previous
maximum
parking
standards.
In
large
part,
there
were
a
couple
of
places
that
we
used
this
policy
as
an
opportunity
to
address
some
challenges.
We
knew
we
were
already
having
with
how
the
ordinance
was
structured
before,
for
example,
where
the
maximum
parking
limit
was
zero
and
our
multimodal
mixed
use.
District
people
would
have
to
actually
come
to
you
as
the
drb
to
ask
to
have
one
space
per
dwelling
unit
or
one
space
per
thousand
square
feet
of
commercial
space.
A
They
also
introduced
a
new
tier
for
smaller
residential
projects,
so
these
are
developments
between
five
and
nine
units.
These
projects
are
simply
required
to
unbundle
the
cost
of
parking
from
the
cost
of
rent
or
the
sale
of
the
unit,
and
then
the
last
piece
that
was
modified
in
terms
of
the
TDM
strategies
themselves
is
that
again,
instead
of
all
of
the
TDM
strategies
being
fixed
strategies
that
apply
to
every
development.
A
M
C
C
A
It's
a
great
question
so
and
I
believe
in
a
lot
of
cases
this.
Actually,
this
issue
would
not
come
to
the
drb.
This
is
not
an
in
lieu
of
standard.
This
is
something
that
would
be
required
for
all
developments
of
five
to
nine
units
to
comply
with,
so
that
there's
no
longer
a
requirement
that
they
provide
any
number
of
spaces.
A
They
are
capped
at
if
it
was
nine
units,
they'd
be
capped
at
18
parking
spaces
if
it's
in
the
neighborhood
district,
for
example,
and
they
would
be
required
to
then
unbundle
the
cost
of
parking
from
the
cost
of
rent
or
the
sale
price
of
a
unit
and
I
don't
know
if
you
want
to
speak
to
how
you've
seen
that
demonstrated
in
other
TDM
plans.
It's
it's
really
been
forwarded.
A
For
example,
instructor
I
know
we
have
heard
anecdotally
from
people
living
at
Cambrian
rise,
for
example,
that
they
have
actually
been
offered
a
different
rental
rate
if
they
don't
have
a
car
versus
if
they
do
have
a
car
on
site.
So
we
do
know
that
some
projects
have
begun
to
implement
this,
even
if,
like
Cambrian
rise,
for
example,
really
was
permitted
before
these
standards
were
in
place.
But
that's
essentially
how
this
is
intended
to
work.
A
A
A
They
would
provide
justification
for
why
the
you
know,
number
of
parking
spaces
that
our
ordinance
would
have
otherwise
required
was
not
necessary
to
meet
their
demand
and
would
bring
a
comprehensive
Plan
before
the
drb
for
approval,
because
we
no
longer
require
a
minimum
number
of
spaces.
It
required
us
to
rethink
how
that
works.
A
So
now,
the
institutional
parking
management
plans
continue
to
be
required
for
all
three
of
the
Hill
institutions
and
instead
of
being
used
essentially
as
a
waiver
process,
we
have
strengthened
some
of
the
language
around
what
specific
types
of
generators
of
parking
demand.
We
need
them
to
look
at
and
what
types
of
strategies
they
are
providing
information
on,
how
they
are
utilizing
in
order
to
meet
that
to
meet
or
reduce
that
demand.
A
A
We
actually
require
that
the
plan
be
approved
as
a
prerequisite
to
issuing
a
zoning
permit
for
development
on
the
institution's
campuses,
as
well
as
a
prerequisite
to
getting
a
certificate
of
occupancy,
and
the
other
piece
that
we
strengthened
was
clarifying.
That
failure
to
submit
the
annual
report
on
performance
of
the
plan
is
a
zoning
violation.
So
it
really
requires
the
institutions
to
more
closely
engage
in
this
process.
We
also
implemented
a
new
six-month
extension
process
for
the
drb
to
actually.
A
This
amendment
got
introduced
before
we
could
actually
do
that
work,
but
it
still
very
much
is
on
our
work
plan
and
we
recently
completed
interviews
for
a
consultant.
That's
going
to
help
us
evaluate
the
effectiveness
of
previous
TDM
plans
and
policies,
best
practices
for
how
to
move
this
work
forward
and
then
recommendations
for
you
know
better
or
other
regulatory
approaches
that
we
could
take
to
implementing
TDM.
So
this
will
be
something
that
we'll
be
continuing
to
work
on
over
the
coming
year.
A
A
C
E
A
Yeah
I
think
it
extends,
or
it
depends
the
extent
to
which
they
are
amending
their
permit.
Overall,
in
the
2020
ordinance
amendments,
we
did
allow
for
projects
that
are
in
the
downtown
multi,
multimodal
mixed
use,
District
to
actually
come
back
and
amend
their
permit
to
get
rid
of
previous
parking
requirements,
and
that
was
really
an
effort
to
try
to
make
or
open
up
more
sharing
of
parking,
particularly
in
the
downtown
where
there
may
have
been
off-site
resources
that
were
precluded
from
being
shared
in
the
past.
A
The
TDM
standards
that
we
have
in
our
ordinance
right
now
date
back
to
our
process
of
changing
the
zoning
in
2019-2020
and
really
emerged
from
a
discussion
with
members
of
the
public
and
members,
primarily
of
all
the
major
transportation
organizations
about
what
standards
we
thought
could
fit
into
our
ordinance
today.
I
think
it's
all.
We've
always
recognized
that
this
is
just
our
first
dipping
of
our
toes
into
the
water
of
regulating
TDM,
and
we
know
it's
not
perfect,
but
that's
essentially
how
it
emerged.
O
If,
for
some
reason
we
don't
get
that
annual
report,
we
would
follow
up
with
the
applicant
or
the
owner
at
the
time
and
say
Hey.
You
know
we
haven't
seen
this.
What's
up,
can
you
submit
it
within?
You
know
30
days,
and
we
haven't
done
this
yet
hopefully
that
happens.
If
it
doesn't
happen,
then
it
follows
up
with
a
notice,
a
zoning
violation
and
that's
appealable,
and
that
goes
to
this
board.
O
I
would
like
to
think
that,
based
on
how
violation
work
typically
works
friendly,
Outreach
to
say,
hey,
there's
an
issue
here,
especially
for
somebody
as
basic
as
submitting
your
report,
would
take
care
of
it.
But
the
way
the
ordinance
is
worded,
it
would
become
a
violation
enforcement
matter
if
folks
didn't
submit
what
they
needed
to
eventually.
O
A
O
J
A
That's
a
great
question:
I
know
the
Planning
Commission
also
sees
the
institutional
plans
before
they
come
to
the
drb
for
approval
and
that's
actually
been
a
a
topic
of
discussion
for
them
as
well.
So
it's
not
explicit
in
the
ordinance,
but
we
have
tried
to
improve
that
process
of
annual
reporting.
So,
for
example,
the
Planning
Commission
saw
an
update
on
their
first
annual
report
ever
just
this
past
year.
So
that's
something
that
we
can
talk
with
Scott
about
as
well,
making
sure
that
the
drb
gets
those
updates
as
well.
It.
J
A
J
M
B
B
Think,
with
everybody's
acknowledgment
of
a
housing
shortage
and
crisis
in
Burlington
and
elsewhere,
the
idea
and
notion
of
housing
in
the
South
End
Innovation
district
has
become
popular
and
I.
Think
that
in
our
community
outreach
and
in
our
discussions
with
the
Planning
Commission
and
very
sort
of
nascent
discussions
with
the
council,
I
think
there's
I
wouldn't
say
unanimous,
but
clear.
B
Support
for
housing
in
The,
Innovation
district,
and
so
this
district
is
intended
to
both
Foster
economic
growth
through
arts
and
innovation
in
the
South
End,
while
also
being
a
place
where
a
significant
portion
of
the
city's
growth
can
occur.
And
you
can
see
that
it
would
primarily
take
place
on
what
is
now
vacant.
B
Underutilized
property,
including
some
very
large,
fully
impervious
parking
lots
and
the
boundary
of
the
proposed
district
is
here
in
Orange,
so
essentially
from
Howard
Street
in
the
north,
to
just
below
Sears
Lane
in
the
South
and
from
the
lake
right
along
Hula's
property
to
to
Pine
Street
a
bit
of
a
sort
of
broken
tooth
smile
here
on
Pine
Street.
But
we
didn't
want
to
include
all
of
the
properties
on
Pine
Street,
for
reasons
we
can
get
into.
B
If
folks
would
like
to
have
that
discussion,
and
so
the
intent
of
the
Innovation
District
again
is
to
create
a
really
vibrant,
Urban,
District
I
think
you
know
both
in
play:
nbtv
South,
End
and
in
our
community
outreach
people
are
really
hoping
to
see
something
that
is
very
walkable.
That
is
car
light.
B
B
We're
sort
of
calling
this
a
form
light
form
code
light.
It
is
not
as
prescriptive
as
the
downtown
form
code
is,
but
it
is
more
prescriptive
than
the
sort
of
Base
ordinance,
so
the
land
use
concept,
sort
of
divides
it,
creates
two
tiers
of
permitted
uses,
permitted
primary
and
secondary
the
permitted
uses.
Are
those
uses
that
include
sort
of
multi-family
residential
uses
and
things
like
Arts
office
spaces
and
some
Community
spaces
that
were
sort
of
examples
of
community
spaces
could
be
Child
Care
Library
schools
that
sort
of
thing?
B
So
those
are
those
those
uses
really
speak
to
the
intent
of
of
the
Innovation
District
as
envisioned
and
play
nbtv,
South
End,
and
then
there's
this
secondary
permitted
use
category
and
those
can
only
be
provided
on
a
site
at
a
one
to
two
basis,
as
proposed
today
with
those
non-residential
uses
in
the
primary
category.
So
so,
for
example,
if
a
developer
comes
in
and
they
want
to,
they
know
they
want
to
develop
a
5
000
square
foot
restaurant
in
their
development.
B
B
A
host
of
things
won't
go
through
them
all
right
now,
but
we've
had
some
really
productive
conversations
over
the
last
six
to
eight
months
with
members
of
the
public
and
the
Planning
Commission
that
we
think
have
have
narrowed
in
on
a
on
a
key
set
of
urban
Forum
strategies,
so
building
bulk.
So
we
talk
about
floor
area
ratio
and
maximum
building
footprint,
so
we're
proposing
a
maximum
building
footprint
of
15
000
square
feet.
The
Miller
Center
on
Lakeside
Avenue
across
the
street
is
actually
just
under
15
000
square
feet
for
reference.
B
So
these
are
just
some
examples.
These
are
not
endorsements
of
any
or
depictions
of
any
development
scenarios,
but
just
to
sort
of
show
you
what
a
2.25
far
might
look
like.
So
this
is
the
125
Lakeside
properties
just
across
the
street,
so
I
had
an
far
2.25,
including
570
parking
spaces,
which
is
more
than
one
per
unit.
You
could
get
483
residential
units
and
a
significant
amount
of
non-residential
space.
B
B
H
B
Maybe
should
have
put
this
text
in
bold,
yes,
no.
This
is
really
just
to
show
what
that
kind
of
far
looks
like
I.
Think
for
a
lot
of
people,
not
experts,
like
you
find
far
to
be
kind
of
difficult
to
understand
so
Building
height,
we
are
permitting
buildings
up
to
eight
stories
in
limited
locations,
though
so,
and
this
is
as
it
stands
today.
So
any
areas
depicted
in
red
on
this
map
would
permit
up
to
eight
stories,
yellow
up
to
six
and
blue
up
to
four.
B
So
you
can
see
that
we're
trying
to
consolidate
sort
of
the
tallest
buildings
in
the
core
of
the
district,
to
remove
height
off
of
Pine
Street,
to
keep
it
sort
of
consistent
with
with
the
build
character.
Today,
we've
had
a
lot
of
discussions
about
Building
height
over
the
last
month
or
two
so
I'm
expecting
maybe
some
questions
here,
but
we
have
diagrams
on
our
website
and
some
other
presentations
that
we
can
share
that
sort
of
show
what
the
impact
might
be.
B
Just
for
your
information,
the
ordinance
today
actually
states
that
the
city's
policy
is
to
the
extent
practicable,
preserve
views
of
the
lake
in
the
Adirondacks,
from
public
open
space
only
and
that
it's
it's
very
explicit.
The
ordinance
is
that
private
views
from
private
property
are
not
to
be.
You
know
protected
from
Dollar
buildings.
B
Yeah
right
previous
area,
so
the
the
base
standard
is
20
percent,
so
80
lot
coverage
with
a
minimum
25
percent
composed
of
GSI
greenstone
water
infrastructure,
or
that
pervious
amount
can
be
reduced
to
10
percent.
If
all
of
that
pervious
area
is
composed
exclusively
of
of
green
storm,
water
infrastructure
that
is
approved
by
Department
of
Public,
Works
setbacks,
minimum
zero
maximum
20..
Initially
we
had
this
at
10,
but
we
actually
had
some.
B
You
know
some
stakeholders
say
you
know:
we've
heard
from
tenants
of
newer
buildings
that
would
like
more
outdoor
seating
space,
so
we
think
20
is
appropriate.
It
still
maintains
an
urban
character
while
allowing
more
flexibility
on
Frontage.
So
this
is
the
amount
of
A
lot's
Frontage
onto
a
public
Streeter
path
that
must
be
occupied
by
buildings,
so
we
have
primary
and
secondary
frontages
in
the
district's
primary
it's
at
80
secondary
is
at
70
percent.
B
B
One
way
that
they
can
achieve
that
is
by
providing
affordable,
non-residential
uses.
Another
way
is
to
provide
an
equivalent
amount
of
non-residential
space
in
detached
structures,
so
think
about
the
lunig's
kiosk.
This
is
a
in
the
bottom
right.
This
is
a
I
think,
a
development
from
Poland
I
believe
it's
a
collection
of
shipping
containers
that
have
been
turned
into
a
sort
of
outdoor
Market.
B
So
again,
if,
if
a
building
you
know
wants
to
exempt
themselves
from
500
square
feet
on
the
ground
floor
of
a
building,
they
could
construct
something
equivalent
out
in
the
public
realm
in
a
Plaza
on
the
streetscape
that
would
that
would
meet
the
standard.
Providing
active,
publicly
accessible,
open
space,
at
least
four
thousand
square
feet
in
size
located
adjacent
to
that
building
would
allow
for
that
reduction
in
ground
floor
use
requirements
and
the
last
way
that
they
can
achieve
this
is
by
providing
family
size
units.
B
This
is
a
problem
nationally
as
well,
where
many
new
apartment
buildings
have
only
Studios
and
one
bedrooms,
maybe
a
sprinkling
of
two
bedrooms.
But
it's
it's
a
real
problem
here
and
many
cities
are
trying
to
create
family-sized
units
and
new
developments.
We
know
there's
building
code
issues
that
I
think
are
at
the
foundation
of
that
problem,
but
we
want
to
try
and
stem
that
tight
a
little
bit
just
a
few
others
minimum.
B
B
H
M
B
B
H
A
So
one
thing
I'll
just
add
to
what
Charles
said
about
studies
that
have
been
done
so
far.
Is
that,
as
part
of
moving
forward
with
this
zoning
framework,
we
are
also
continuing
to
do
some
further
planning
work
in
especially
in
the
vicinity
of
this
area.
Around
Lakeside
Avenue,
so
we'll
be
able
to
explore
in
Greater
detail
what
potential
development
projects
that
could
come
forward
as
a
result
of
this
zoning
framework
may
result
in
in
terms
of
Transportation
other
public
infrastructure
considerations.
So
that's
something
we're
continuing
to
do
as.
A
M
B
B
E
I
B
There's
actually
a
few
very
large
landowners,
the
city
being
one
of
them,
and
then
there
are
a
couple.
I
would
actually
say
three
individual
Property,
Owners
or
groups
of
property
owners
that
are
related,
who
own
I
can't
say
the
percentage
of
probably
80
percent
of
the
land.
I'm,
not
sure
something
like
that.
F
B
Yeah
we
so
we
started
this
process
with
almost
what,
like
bi-weekly
at
least
monthly
meetings
with
a
core
group
of
stakeholders
that
included
the
property
owners
and
we've
continued
Outreach
with
with
most
of
those
folks
throughout
the
process
and
I
would
say,
we've
seen
almost
no
pushback
to
the
general
notion.
There
has
been
some
sort
of
you
know.
Heavy
tinkering,
I
would
say
by
some
of
the
stakeholders,
understandably,
but
yeah
I
think
there's
pretty
strong
support
for
it.
H
M
B
Yeah
yeah
there's
so
they're,
so
there
are
multiple
city-owned
properties
there.
There
is
some
city-owned
land
adjacent
to
the
Barge
Canal
and
there
there
is
some
land
that
you
know.
Potentially
the
city
could
take
control
of
I.
Think
the
the
vision
is
to
preserve
the
land
in
a
way
that
allows
for
continued
conservation
of
the
property,
but
also
acknowledges
that
I
think
the
pollution
and
the
contamination
of
the
property
I.
B
Don't
I,
wouldn't
go
so
far
as
to
say
that
it's
going
to
be
a
park
in
the
future,
but
I
think
it's
one
of
the
options
on
the
table.
There's
a
lot
of
other
city-owned
property,
including
68,
Sears
Lane,
the
former
homeless
encampment,
is
just
under
three
acres.
The
city
owns
that
land,
this
property
and
and
then
I
think
a
couple
others
there's
video
and.
A
A
Not
that
I'm,
aware
of
I
think
453,
3
and
501
Pine
Street
are
both
privately
owned.
Parcels
and
I
know
that
there
have
been
some
discussions
about
ways
that
we
could
improve
access
and
connectivity
to
the
city-owned
land
and
what
the
future
kind
of
use
of
each
of
those
Parcels
might
be.
But
right
now
the
city
Only
owns
that
area
outside
of
The
Orange
Box.
That
says
Barge
Canal.
There.
F
L
F
I
know:
lots
of
other
cities
are
thinking
about.
The
conservation
board
is
embarking
on
a
a
comprehensive
Forest
plan,
it's
for
the
city,
so
that
has
some
imp.
You
know
impact
I'm
going
to
talk
about
that
a
little
bit
later
on,
but
I
do
think.
It's
I
think
it's
super
important
for
us
to
think
about
heat.
I
think
you
know,
and
I
haven't
heard
too
much
about
that
and
it
seems
like
there's
an
opportunity
to
improve.
What's
going
on,
we
already
have
heat
maps
for
the
city.
F
We
know
this
is
a
pretty
warm
part
of
the
city.
It's
just
based
on
having
no
other
Green,
Space
and
I.
Don't
know
in
the
long
run.
If
the
comprehensive-
and
probably
none
of
us
know
this
yet
is,
will
the
comprehensive
Forest
plan
lead
to
ordinance
that
impacts
this
I'm,
not
enough
of
an
ex
you
know,
experienced
with
zoning
and
ordinance
to
know
how
this
would
all
work
or
whether
this
is
the
right
place
to
think
about
it?
L
D
Sort
of
you
know
it's,
it's
wonderful
to
put
those
little
sort
of
Dutch.
You
know,
for
you
know
or
story
complexes,
but
we
don't
get
to
that
level.
Necessarily
very
often
here.
So
you
know
it's
a
question
that
comes
up
so
often
as
if
we
can
you
know
is
there
is
a.
Is
there
a
degree
to
which
we
can
start
to
develop
some
covenants?
That's
around
what
you
know,
sort
of
extensions
of.
L
D
And
and
materiality
reflectivity-
and
you
know
so
that
so
that
so
that
it's
it's
built
for
you
know
so
that
there
really
is
a
return
to
the
city
on
on
this
information,
I'm
I'm
a
little
bit
yeah
I'm
a
little
bit
wary
of
that
that
outcome,
but
something
that
should
be
I,
think
you
know
continue
to
to
be
discuss,
thought
about
it.
So
the
extent
that
it
can
be.
B
A
So
we
have
a
lot
of
other
agenda
items
so
for
making
sure
that
Zoe
and
Patty
each
have
an
opportunity
to
share
what
they
prepared.
I'm.
Just
gonna
be
very
brief,
and
let
you
know
that
the
two
other
major
zoning
amendments
that
the
Planning
Commission
is
working
on
right
now
have
to
do
with
Trinity
campus
and
a
project
that
we're
calling
the
neighborhood
code
so
I.
A
Think
many
of
you
know
that
we
have
a
specific
zoning
overlay
District
that
applies
to
the
Trinity
campus
within
the
institutional
District,
so
the
Planning
Commission
is
has
actually
moved
forward,
a
recommended
Amendment
to
the
city
council
for
their
consideration.
That
would
make
a
number
of
changes
to
primarily
to
the
dimensional
standards,
for
what
is
allowed
on
the
Trinity
campus,
changing
Building
height
and
setbacks
in
particular,
as
well
as
lot
coverage
to
some
degree.
So
essentially
for
those
of
you
that
are
familiar
with
the
campus.
A
Now
there
is
a
large
setback
from
Colchester
Avenue
that
precludes
development
within
that
setback.
It's
a
we
say
it's
about
115
feet
from
the
property
line,
which
is
about
150
feet
from
the
center
line
of
Colchester
Avenue,
where
no
buildings
are
permitted
today.
So
this
change
would
allow
some
buildings
within
that
setback,
buildings
up
to
four
stories
in
height
and
would
then
allow
for
taller
buildings
on
the
back
kind
of
depth
area
of
the
campus.
A
So
those
are
some
of
the
most
notable
changes
forthcoming
on
the
Trinity,
Amendment
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
other
questions,
if
you
have
them
about
that.
The
last
item
that
is
still
in
the
early
stages
of
development
is
about
new
opportunities
for
neighborhood
scale
housing
across
the
city.
So
here
in
Burlington
we're
calling
this
the
neighborhood
code
in
some
places
you
may
have
heard
this
referred
to
as
missing
middle
housing,
but
we're
really
talking
about
ways
that
we
can
look
for.
A
You
know
more
of
the
kind
of
mix
of
housing
types
that
we
have
seen
historically
in
almost
all
of
our
neighborhoods
to
have
a
home
in
our
neighborhoods
in
the
future
as
well.
We've
spent
a
lot
of
time
in
the
last
few
years,
focusing
on
the
areas
of
the
city
that
are
zoned
for
the
most
intense
levels
of
development,
really
in
the
multi-family
and
mixed-use
development,
end
of
the
spectrum.
So
this
is
really
giving
us
an
opportunity
to
look
at
our
residential
neighborhoods,
80
of
which
are
zoned
for
the
lowest
density
residential
development.
A
Today,
so
through
this
project,
we'll
be
looking
at
a
number
of
zoning
issues,
the
first
being
ways
that
we
can
re-legalize
existing
historic
neighborhood
patterns
that
enabled
some
of
these
missing
middle
homes
to
occur.
Naturally,
as
neighborhoods
were
developing
we'll
also
be
looking
to
some
solutions
to
Common
zoning
barriers
for
enabling
more
of
these
small
and
middle
housing
types
in
the
future.
A
We're
also
envisioning
that
this
could
take
the
form
of
a
form
code
light
for
some
of
our
residential
neighborhoods,
really
giving
us
the
opportunity
to
create
some
more
context,
sensitive
zoning
tools
for
these
areas,
rather
than
relying
on
things
like
density
alone,
to
help
us
regulate
these
neighborhoods
and
then
we'll
also
be
looking
at
the
scale
of
development.
That's
enabled
along
some
of
our
major
thoroughfares,
where
they
run
through
these
neighborhoods
so
think.
Like
North
Avenue,
for
example,
that's
zoned
almost
exclusively
low
density
residential.
So
that's
just
a
quick
preview
of
that
work.
A
We're
currently
Sarah's
helping
us
do
some
analyzes
of
our
existing
patterns,
and
we
will
be
starting
to
turn
that
into
brainstorming
about
some
potential
zoning
changes
for
that.
So
I'll
stop
there
so
that
we
can
move
over
to
Patty
and
Zoe,
but
take
any
quick
questions
about
either
of
those.
If
you
have
them.
J
A
L
I
M
I
I
I
L
L
C
F
K
K
K
Well,
we
learned
it
said
the
zoning
votes
for
issuing
bed
and
breakfast
permits
to
something
really
wasn't,
maybe
a
better
breakfast
or
traditional.
You
know
what
people
think
of
as
a
traditional
bed
and
breakfast,
and
that
definition,
a
traditional
best
breakfast
by
the
Fall
for
the
dog,
gives
short-term
and
volunteer
have
evolved
and
helpful
several
things
today,
the
it
felt
like
we
were
trying
to
finish.
K
K
K
C
K
K
K
K
Like
our
long-term
mental,
that
more
people
would
attempt
to
register
or
register,
and
that's
not
been
the
case
with
our
long-term
rentals,
about
90
registered
without
without
too
much
effort
throughout
the
year.
We
may
see
that
come
into
play,
or
that
may
take
hold
next
year
and
the
following
years.
C
K
A
Do
that
in
on
their
own?
The
other
thing
that
I
would
just
briefly
add
to
that-
is
that
when
the
ordinance
was
adopted,
it
was
adopted
with
a
sort
of
Runway
I
would
say
to
compliance,
and
so
the
council
acknowledged
that
there
were
going
to
be
some
number
of
these
short-term
rentals.
That
would
not
have
a
legal
path
to
compliance
to
a
permit
in
the
long
term
and
gave
them
until
a
date.
A
Certain
I
think
it's
May
of
this
coming
year
to
continue
to
operate,
and
at
that
point
you
know
we
would
no
longer
be
issuing
permits.
So
I
think
part
of
the
Hope
was
that
people
would
register
in
the
interim,
and
that
would
also
help
give
us
better
information
about
how
many
we
could
expect
to
be
registered
in
the
long
term.
So
I
think
the
the
uptake
on
that
has
just
not
been
what
we
expected.
C
K
K
N
L
A
States
and
software
controllers,
so
one
I'll
just
say
there
are
a
lot
of
questions
that
members
of
the
community
have
all
of
the
boards
that
have
been
involved
in
this.
The
council
and
a
big
part
of
us
being
able
to
answer
questions
about
you
know
how
many
short-term
rentals
are
on
owner-occupied
properties,
how
many
of
them
have
a
legal
path?
How
many
have
converted
Etc
these
are
all
contingent
on
Patty's
team
being
able
to
get
cooperation
and
actually
get
those
permit
records
so
that
we
can
answer
those
questions
so,
like
a.
K
We
I'm
really
expected
that
there
would
be
more
like
neighborhood
support
for
what
we
were
doing
and
it
has
not
proven
to
be
that
supportive.
It's
been
not
happy
that
we
haven't
come
down
more
aggressively
from
an
enforcement
standpoint.
You
need
to
know
what
we're
enforcing
and
if
you
were
unfortunately
and
worse
and
thought,
that's
not
usually
our
method
of
money,
here's
what
the
rule
is.
Please
do
this
to
one
another
and
then
you
can
stop.
L
K
We
are
continuing
to
answer
questions
from
posts
or
learned
about
the
organs.
Regarding
you
know,
a
lot
of
people
who
did
come
in
in
the
last
few
years
to
get
zoning
permits
believe
that
they
were
covered,
and
it's
not
that
they're
not
in
good
standing.
It's
that
they
also
need
to
register
as
Georgia.
K
L
C
C
F
F
I
would
just
give
like
a
little
bit
of
a
brief
introduction
about
nature-based
climate
Solutions
and-
and
this
is
some
work
that
we
had
done
for
us
by
a
local
artist
when
we
went
through
a
planning
process
and
and
it
just
sort
of
runs
through
a
little
bit
about
what
nature-based
climate
Solutions
are,
and
you
can
just
go
to
the
next
slide.
Scott
thanks.
F
F
That
is
not
an
inclusive
problem,
which
is
how
do
you
prevent
the
carbon
that's
in
the
ground
in
the
form
of
fossil
fuels,
from
getting
into
the
air?
As
you
know,
as
carbon,
and
one
of
the
things
that
nature-based
climate
Solutions
really
looks
at
is,
is
how
do
you
all
the
other
ways
that
we
can
take
carbon
out
of
the
air
and
that
we
can
keep
carbon
sequestered
and
carbon
eventually
is
really
cycled
through
a
natural
system?
And
so
we
we
can't
have
processes
that
sort
of
exclude
the
natural
systems.
F
So
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please
yeah,
so
the
classic
example
of
nature-based
climate
Solutions
are
trees,
for
example,
so
trees
do
this
incredible
work
in
which
they
pull
carbon
out
of
the
air
and
they
store
it
right
in
their
bodies.
So
that's
one
great
thing
that
trees
do,
but
the
other
things
that
they
also
do
is
they
provide
all
these
ecosystem
Services
shade,
so
cooling
they're
really
important
in
terms
of
cooling
cities
and
they
also
cool
cities
by
transpiration.
F
F
Okay,
I
was
just
seeing
if
someone
could
couldn't
hear
me
and
can
the
people
at
home
here
I
assume
they
can
now
great
yeah.
So,
let's
move
on
to
the
next
slide,
So
based
on
this
kind
of
basic
information.
What
the
conservation
board
decided
to
do
was
put
together
a
plan
that
sort
of
said:
how
do
we?
How
do
we
start
having
nature-based
climate
Solutions
in
in
Burlington?
What
would
that
mean?
F
What
does
that
look
like,
and
you
can
actually
go
to
the
next
slide,
and
so
those
nature-based
climate,
Solutions
focused
on
sort
of
six
main
areas
and
I
was
going
to
say
one
thing,
but
it
slipped
out
of
my
mind,
see
if
I
can
get
it
back,
anyways
you
can.
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide
yeah.
So
you
know
the
way
that
we
think
a
lot
about
carbon
is
and
the
way
that
we
think
about
climate
action
is
sort
of
I.
F
Think
well
identified
in
this
graph
a
lot
of
times
when
we're
talking
about
climate
action,
we're
looking
at
that
sort
of
grade
out
space
that
that
that's
talking
about
how
do
we
prevent
fossil
fuel
and
carbon
from
going
into
the
air,
but
we've
we
sort
of
neglect
the
whole
natural
ecosystem
that
we
really
need
in
order
to
have
a
healthy
and
resilient
city
and
yeah.
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide
and
the
reason.
F
F
I,
think
those
are
really
questions
that
are
worth
asking
that
they
don't
really
address
things
like
heat
that
we
know
is
Coming
For,
Us
Burlington
is
I,
think
right
now,
the
seventh
fastest
heating
city
in
the
country,
so
it
doesn't
mean
we're
going
to
be
as
hot
as
some
cities
that
are
in
the
South,
but
we
really
have
significant
heat
issues.
Oh
somebody
says
the
first
up
there,
I
I,
it's
somewhere
yeah,
so
I
mean
it.
F
It's
Vermont
is
one
of
the
fastest
heating
states
where,
like
I,
think
about
four
degrees
on
average
Burlington's,
something
like
3.9
degrees.
This
is
just
a
heat
map
right
here.
That
shows
you
know
who's
going
to
be
most
affected
by
heat
as
it
as
as
the
planet
as
a
the
city
starts
to
heat
up
and
it's
the
dense
Urban
core.
F
Somebody
once
said
to
me
something
that
you
know
you
can
think
of
last
summer
as
the
hottest
summer
you
ever
saw,
or
you
can
think
of
it
as
the
coolest
summer,
you're
going
to
have
for
the
next
20
years
and
I
think
that's
really
worth
us
reflecting,
and
so
we
really
have
to
plan
for
our
city
to
be
resilient
and
nature-based.
Climate
Solutions
I
think
are
very
high
impact
and
and
low
cost
and
yeah.
So
a
third
of
climate
action
according
to
the
UN,
should
be
nature-based.
F
F
This
fall
next
slide
yeah,
and
so
you
know,
there's
there's
there's
if
you're
a
numbers
person
there
are
real
numbers
behind
a
lot
of
these
nature-based
climate
Solutions.
So
you
know
within.
If,
if
you
look
at
our
existing
tree
canopy,
which
is
about
42
percent,
it
has
big
carbon
storage
capacity
right
now
and
if
we
move
to
50
tree
canopy
and
I'm,
not
saying
that's
what
we
should
do,
but
that
was
something
that
was
outlined
in
our
climate
action
plan
in
20
in
2008.
F
You're
talking
about
increased
value,
also
greatly
increased
capacity
to
sequester
carbon
remove
air
pollution.
We
avoid
storm
water
runoff,
and
you
know
it
is
when
I
say
that
the
database
climate
Solutions
are
high
impact
and
low
cost
a
strategy.
A
strategy
like
let
your
trees
grow,
bigger.
That's
a
nature-based
climate
solution
and
it
that's
a
really
low-cost
thing
to
do
so.
Instead
of
planting
a
lot
of
new
trees,
you
can
just
make
sure
that
some
of
your
other
trees
get
large
that
so
there's
a
lot
of
like
really
interesting
strategy.
F
J
F
F
Removal,
I
think
the
value
is
calculated
based
on
avoided,
Health
incidents
so
and
that
stuff's
pretty
significant
and
so
exactly
how
you
get
from
the
storm
water
that
you've
avoided
to
the
cost.
I'm,
not
exactly
sure
what
that
is,
but
it's
a
pretty
standard
metric,
but
anyways.
It's
you
know
it
is.
F
Yeah
and
so
in
terms
of
resilience,
you
know
we
know
that
not
only
is
it
hotter
and
we
are
going
to
have
one
of
these
like
big
heat,
Dome
events,
if
it's
not
next
year
or
in
five
years
or
six
years,
and
we
also
get
a
tremendous
amount
of
water,
we
a
lot
of
the
city,
we
have
open
space
in
the
city
because
we
have
a
flood
plain.
This
is
a
path
in
the
flood
plain.
If
you
go
to
the
next
slide.
This
is
the
exact
same
path
in
an
October
storm.
F
When
was
that
Halloween
storm
that
that
the
yeah
where
Riverside
slid-
and
you
know
so-
we
expect
you
know
this-
is
in
the
flood
plain,
but
we're
getting
these
pretty
dramatic
incidences,
and
so
the
value
of
having
healthy
ecosystems
and
really
focusing
on
entry-based
climate
Solutions
is
to
make
sure
that
we
have
things
like
you
know:
appropriate
forests
to
stop
stuff
up
with.
You
know
a
lot
of
our
excess
rain,
water
and
I
guess.
F
The
thing
that
I
would
add
to
that
is
one
of
the
reasons
to
Think
Through
how
to
have
these
healthy,
consistent
resilient
forests
is
because
climate
change
also
threatens
them.
So
if
you
know
we
have,
we
have
pollinators
that
are
in
decline.
If
we
can
no
longer
pollinate
trees,
we
can't
even
grow
our
Urban
Forest
anymore.
We
have
extensive
invasive
species
issues,
and
so
we
really
need
to
keep
these.
We
have
to
pay
attention.
F
We
have
to
keep
our
ecosystems
within
the
city
healthy,
and
so
this
nature-based
climate
Solutions
plan
sort
of
outlines
steps
to
make
sure
that
that
continues
to
happen,
and
it's
got
an
implementation
Matrix,
along
with
it
and
now
I
get
to
show
you
sort
of
a
few
of
the
fun
things
other
than
Lena
and
miles.
Can
anyone
tell
me?
Does
anyone
know
where
this
is
I
have
a
prize
for
you?
If
you
can
guess
what'd
you
say:
does
anyone
know
where
this
is?
Is.
F
This
is
I'm
very
close
to
here.
This
is
the
Culvert
that
runs
underneath
Pine
Street
right
at
Champlain,
Elementary
School,
that
engelsby
Brook,
the
impaired,
anglesby
Brook,
runs
down
into
Oak
ledge
and
into
Lake
Champlain,
and
it's
incredible,
it's
full
of
the
old.
You
know
Redstone
Construction
and
you
can
move
to
the
next
slide.
Scott.
F
F
This
is
one
of
the
densest
most
urbanized
part
of
the
city
with
the
least
amount
of
green
space,
and
we've
got
incredible
known
traffic
and
corridors
moving
through
there,
but
there's
a
lot
of
threat,
and
so
we
we
really
need
this
plan
and
this
inflammation
implementation
Matrix
to
make
sure
that
we
have
these
areas
in
perpetuity
and
that
they
provide.
You
know
incredible
Services
and
then
I'm
just
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
a
couple
of
projects
that
are
ongoing
in
the
city
that
are
pretty
exciting
about
implementing
nature-based
climate
Solutions.
F
F
And
if
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
Scott
so
I've
been
working
with
the
Intervale
Center
to
both
collect
cuttings
and
seeds,
from
local
parks
and
to
plant
them
right
on
site
and
all
kids
have
been
participating
and
it's
been
an
incredible
program
on
the
left.
That's
a
stick.
Nursery
kids
took
cuttings
from
all
over
a
bunch
of
local
parks
and
they
have
something
like
500
species,
500
trees
that
they
planted
in
these
cuttings
forms,
and
they
have
done
incredibly
well.
F
F
So
those
are
all
now
available
for
restoration
projects
around
the
city
and
if
you
think
about
the
fact
that
instead
of
ordering
trees
from
the
Midwest
that
are
put
in
pots
full
of
fertilizer
that
get
shipped
to
Vermont,
you
have
kids,
who
are
now
growing,
who
are
Fanning
out
to
local
parks
who
are
growing
trees
on
school
ground
sites.
They
understand
the
value
of
native
species,
they
understand
why
they're
doing
it,
they
feel
a
lot
of
agency
and
climate
change.
F
It's
place-based
education,
it's
nature,
connection,
those
willow,
trees,
we're
going
to
plant
out,
so
these
were
planted
last.
This
is
early
in
the
fall.
These
were
planted
last
spring
and
they're
going
to
go
into
an
anglesby,
Brook
restoration
project
right
there
on
site
and
we
so
anyways.
It's
just
an
incredible
process
for
the
kids.
The
parks
department
has
been
really
supportive.
One
of
the
things
that
the
conservation
board
is
considering
is
and
working
with
Council
and
the
Parks
Commission
is.
F
Can
we
use
some
of
the
Legacy
fund
money
to
support
projects
that
are
similar
to
this,
that
support
nature-based
climate
action
that
allow
you
know,
inclusive
participation
in
in
climate
action?
That's
really
doable
in
the
city
and
makes
it
makes
a
big
difference
yeah.
So
you
could
go
to
the
next
slide
and
that's
not
the
only
project.
There's
like
a
great
example
project
out
on
Manhattan
Drive,
where
DPW
cleared
out
this
whole
section
off
the
side.
F
It's
kind
of
right
as
you
it's
right
above
the
Manhattan
landfill
and
it's
been
it's
had
all
these
native
plants
put
in
there
in
an
orchard.
Neighbors
have
been
working
on
it
parks
department.
These
are
high
school,
kids,
planting
all
kinds
of
native
shrubs
they've
been,
and
so
you
know,
students
get
a
little
bit
of
Hands-On
work.
F
L
A
L
F
Yeah
I
think
the
goal
of
the
the
reason
that
I
think
we're
trying
to
set
these
plans
is
so
that
we
can
start
to
do
some
of
that
and
I
don't
want
folks
to
think
you
know.
I
recognize
the
city
is
a
place
that
we
should
be
developing,
and
so
these
aren't
anti-development
goals.
What
they
really
are
is
how
do
you
have
a
smart,
effective
city
with
a
healthy
ecosystem?
F
And
you
know
there
are
lots
of
ways
in
which
our
ecosystems
are
struggling
right
now,
and
so
there
are
things
like
we,
we
probably
should
have
a
native
species
ordinance.
We
know
that
we
have
insect
Decline
and
bird
decline
because
we
don't
plant,
Natives
and
insects
need
the
native
species
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
F
So
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
we
can
do
and
we
can
build
an
incentive
structure
there,
but
we
felt
like
we
needed
some
of
these
plans
in
place
before
we
could
get
there
so
that
that
it
sort
of
builds
the
science
behind
sort
of
getting
to
a
more
of
an
ordinance
structure.
For
some
of
this
work
and
I
think
it's
really
exciting
and
and
I
think
the
the
bar
is
fairly
low
to
doing
some
of
this
stuff.
F
The
cost
is
fairly
low
and
the
impact
is
really
really
high,
but
we
can't
forget
about
it.
We
we
can't
think
that
we
can
solve
our
climate
problems
without
you
know
dealing
with
the
fact
that
we
have
to
have
ecosystem
Health.
You
know
we
have
deer
in
the
city
that
are
preventing
regeneration
of
forests.
There
are
credible
Foresters
in
at
UVM,
who
think
that
Chittenden
County
could
move
towards
an
unforested
state
in
the
near
future,
because
there's
so
many
threats,
we
can't
regenerate
trees
because
we
don't
have
pollinators.
F
We
can't
regenerate
them
because
we
have
deer
eating
them
down.
We
have
invasive
species,
so
they're
not
making
them
they.
Never
they
never
can
get
out
of
the
you
know
into
the
canopy.
So
these
are
the
kind
of
real
threats
that
we're
thinking
about
and
thinking
about,
how
do
we
mitigate
them
and
and
they're
important?
You
know
it'll
be
one
hot
city
where
your
crops
will
not
grow.
If
we
don't
really
consider
this
kind
of
stuff.
C
C
E
C
F
C
C
A
That
really
are
important,
that
we
really
feel
we
need
tools
and
opportunities
to
conserve
and
allow
to
evolve
and
maybe
to
identify
the
things
that
are
not
serving
us
as
well
in
terms
of
our
ordinance
structures
and
other
tools.
So
I
think
what
I
hear
you
saying
is
that
this
kind
of
fits
right
into
that
discussion.